ETF comparison
BNDX vs IGOV
Both International Bond.
Vanguard Total International Bond Index Fund ETF Shares · iShares International Treasury Bond ETF
Holdings overlap
883 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of BNDX and IGOV would leave roughly 42.7% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Unmatched is the part of a fund's weight the other fund doesn't match: names only it holds, plus any extra weight it puts in names both funds hold.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
BNDX is 28 bps cheaper than IGOV. On a $100,000 position that's about $280/yr more in fees for IGOV.
Fee figure is the annual expense charged on $100,000. To see how the gap compounds over a multi-decade holding period, open the cost calculator pre-filled with BNDX vs IGOV.
Top shared holdings
883 shared in total| # | Holding | In BNDX | In IGOV | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United Kingdom Gilt | 0.35% | 0.28% | 0.28% |
| 2 | United Kingdom Gilt | 0.41% | 0.27% | 0.27% |
| 3 | French Republic Government Bond OAT | 0.33% | 0.26% | 0.26% |
| 4 | French Republic Government Bond OAT | 0.36% | 0.25% | 0.25% |
| 5 | United Kingdom Gilt | 0.24% | 0.37% | 0.24% |
| 6 | French Republic Government Bond OAT | 0.27% | 0.24% | 0.24% |
| 7 | French Republic Government Bond OAT | 0.33% | 0.24% | 0.24% |
| 8 | French Republic Government Bond OAT | 0.24% | 0.28% | 0.24% |
| 9 | French Republic Government Bond OAT | 0.24% | 0.28% | 0.24% |
| 10 | French Republic Government Bond OAT | 0.37% | 0.22% | 0.22% |
| 11 | French Republic Government Bond OAT | 0.22% | 0.25% | 0.22% |
| 12 | French Republic Government Bond OAT | 0.23% | 0.22% | 0.22% |
Only in BNDX
5,935 total- European Union 0.23%
- Kreditanstalt fuer Wiederaufbau 0.20%
- European Union 0.19%
- European Union 0.18%
- Korea Treasury Bond 0.16%
- European Union 0.15%
- European Union 0.14%
- Hellenic Republic Government Bond 0.11%
- European Union 0.10%
- Republic of Poland Government Bond 0.10%
Only in IGOV
82 total- Ireland Government Bonds 0.28%
- Netherlands Government Bonds 0.27%
- Bundesrepublik Deutschland Bundesanleihe 0.25%
- Netherlands Government Bonds 0.25%
- Israel Government Bonds - Fixed 0.25%
- Denmark Government Bonds 0.23%
- Bundesobligation 0.23%
- Bundesrepublik Deutschland Bundesanleihe 0.22%
- Italy Buoni Poliennali Del Tesoro 0.22%
- Portugal Obrigacoes do Tesouro OT 0.20%
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More comparisons with IGOV
- IGOV vs IAGG · iShares Core International Aggregate Bond ETF 37.6%
- IGOV vs EBND · State Street SPDR Bloomberg Emerging Markets Local Bond ETF 7.1%
- IGOV vs AGG · iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF 0.0%
- IGOV vs BND · Vanguard Total Bond Market Index Fund ETF Shares 0.0%
- IGOV vs EMB · iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF 0.0%
- IGOV vs EMLC · VanEck J.P. Morgan EM Local Currency Bond ETF 0.0%
Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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/methodology/.
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